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January 26, 1881 (4 pages)

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wa send we lel ree Np The Daily Transevipt. _NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. & ‘Goren MINING As Conducted in Nevada County-Seme fhteresting Notes About the Braden. Jenna, /26, 1881. a Spencevi alge. ee “peath for Robbery. “Assemblyman Long of this county has introduced a bill making a sec-. ond conviction for robbery punishabte with death. If amends Section f. the Penal Cole-so—as-—to— } “Robbery is punishable by imprisonment in the. State Prison for the first convittion not less than two nor more than twenty years. of the crime of robbery in this State “the -punishingnt shall be death.” The penalty as the taw now stands-isim= —_prigonment. for not less Yhan one year, So far-as highway_robbery is conesrned, at-any tate, we would Kke to see a law of the natnte. preposed by ~ Mr, Long enacted withovt delay. It weds might be well to leave the jury_to ~—promomnrce: swhother-the--first—oeffense+ should be followed by the deats penalty: or imprisonment, Am -amendUpon the second conviction Chas. E. Mulloy, who. has just’ r returted from atrip to Spenceville i in, the. lower part of the cbunty, yesterday gave the TRANSLKIPT reporter some. interestimg iyformation about-the property of the Sanrancisco_ Copper. lining. Company at l that: points Captain Daryer = realigned the superintendency of the mine, and_on Sunday last “took his departute for the Bay. —H. Mosebaoh,~the book~ keeper, is temporarily in charge. “Next monttr there will be-t~meeting lof th the Trustees, when a nbw superintendent-wilt be be elected. aaa The company now have about fifty men.at work, mostly Chinese, The course of tlie ledge is notlfwest and ly, and has an average thickness of ‘about-100 feet, Until about four months ago the mine had been work-ed-through an faethe that extended San Francisco Company's Claim at . : on southeast, dips nearly perpendicular-+Sper cent pure, The cement ‘is what in filty pound sacks and hig. ped to the smelting works at San Francisco, where it is worth $250 a the chmalyamating eylinders, and }. ‘carefally treated forthe’ qenatiry.s s copper it carries, Looking at the oe. trom a thorough going business man’s standpoint, Mr. Malloy who-has no interest-in-it_whatever thinks that—with ought tobe a profitable one. Sb far, tf has not pear He carci gh wirst He Bait A Meard of It. “The San Jean Times says it un-+ derstands that if is your intention -to bring the so-called ‘Chester con—. piracy’ matter before—the Grand] Jury,” remarked the Transcript]: -peporter to Bistrict Attorney -Gaylord. amoosed smile’ and auswered sim-ply,‘Ts that se? Hadn't heard of anything of the the kind before.” All subsequent efforts to draw out nient to the Code as now existing is down through:ten or twelve feet of . a less ambitious ansWer were futile, dus to the people of this part of the State af least, and they age almost, if not quite, wnanimous in favor of a gravel on the serface and about 39 or forty feet of Iedge matter, whith point the ore’ was quarried below but the reporter left the reticent. attorney. with: the impression— ‘that Judge Stidger and the Times could decided preyentitive being employ. out, leaving a chamber that extend-. expect no assistance from the Court eo Disreputable Weapons. The line of ta-ticspursued by—a eertain-element in opposition to the d-bris bill is anything but manly. ouahle statements AH sorts-of-uare “about matters—connected with the] subject are being daily set afloat, ed a htindred feet or more ‘either way along the ledge from where the hoisting works stood. The roof of ore and gravel over-this chimber havitg been deprived “of all support, final!y became unable to longer support itself, and last summer a_-secter went: crashing down, carrying a and the friends of hydrawhe = mining _ who ane presenting their case on thé dead squa:e, 80% spe sak, are placed at a grvat disadvantaoge. The propSsition to investigate the Conmnissioners, the cries of fraud, theft an I deception being hurted at the heads of the Commissioners, the false showingsregardingthe mining industry, the wild rumors about the inefficiency of the dais, ‘and so on, -most« ly originaté with a few men who have, BOS no Qosire to have the truth and noth. ing Misthe trnth come out in the fiyht. Many of them are on the side that they believe right, to be sure; but they are misled by scheniers and blackmailers. Sate a atedeetans Tue Chicago Times “says ‘it is “much to ke feared that the Senate of the United States is losing ‘that sobriety of deportment, that courtesy of bearing, which, in. the past, has‘so thoroughly ‘distinguished it from the lower House. The other —day Senator Edmunds was speaking. . Conklin was’carrying on. simultaneously a loud cohversation with Cameron, RNdmends was so discon“gerted by this that he stopped short, ani looking: toward the offender, said: ‘Mi, Conkling, don’t talk so loud.’ Conkag bowed, and continu: ed his converaitiqn in a whisper, . ~The two Massachusetts Senators com: menced to buzz togeths > where on the Vermont Senator was “forced to shake his finger at them. Dawes . , retreated ‘to the éloak-room, and Hoar began to think of unanswered ~ Tetters.” al —" 2. a Tue London Times comments on the increase of the population in: the ~: United States as shown by the recent census and emphasizes the fact . . that these 11,500,000 are nota poor, Untaught mass, as would be produeed in any European state by so rapid gn accession of population. They are well-to-do and ae a rulé well educated. It has. good occasion to say:—!We look-with some envy on @ nation whose easy lot it is to gath~ er up the good things which fortune casts to it,” ‘Tuk Postmaster at donk ey City has discharge a-carrier for refusing to vote at all. His name is Reuben Howe, and he belongs tothe sect of United Evangelical brethren, and thinks it worldly to vote. Inu Canada civil servants are not allowed to vote. Tuk State wants an apprentice law to teach industrial habits to eur Doys_and girls. i “all. work avd no play makes Jack a duttboy,” all play and po work makes Jack and will hvodlums, : ‘Ds Lord Sefton’ 8 preserves in Lan~ vashire, England, six guas in four days killed © 4,832 —— 157 ducks aud dees hares = ee crrizeN of. Macon, Miss. has e ae abandoned tobacco after seventy years coutinueus wae of it, with—it—the hoisting works; workings had_reached-atotal—depth of 176 feet. along the incline _ track when the aecident occurred. The Bebtis hoisting machinery _was_re-ctetted . , on the hill west of the lede and a hundred feet above the cave, and a new incline now leads down imto the ledge, tapping it at the bottom’ of the -old-workings,—A-lot—of —Chinamen are engaged temoving the debris of the cave to the surfaee, carrying it Yu wheelvarrows, along a circuitous . trail that leads nowards around. the ‘sides of the sink, They have now got it cleaned out to.a de pth of forty or more feet from the surface, What remains of the. ore'‘roof of the chamber is bei ing stripped of the -tion-ofit-about eighty feet in-diame=. — Phe} House in the plan to Sting about an investigation into the Huckins-Buck-. skin ~Bob-Chester business. . The truth ‘is that no facts have yet been presented to the District Attorney upon_which to commence action for conspiracy. gw **That Heathen Chince.” above prolific topic attiactel a fairsized audience to the Methodist church Monday evenitg: His €reatdeal of ground, and the listener grins much idtéresting information. Unfortunately the Colonel ‘reads theing thus in a great measure froin the success of his efforts. The matter in some respects alsd’ needs revising. He has the ground. work, Nawaver, tor a successful lecture, and one which would probably take éspecially we'linthe Eastern States where the people are less acquainted with the Mongolian race than here gravel upon It, and it will be all tak. en out and worked, léaving an open cut as-wide as the ledge and nearly 309 feet long. T'o the southeast the ledge is badly broken, but it shows considerable “peacock” or vari-coldred_ ore that is exceedingly rich—in fact. would. yield an immense profit fer working if it only abounded in’ large quantities instead of being so. mixed with worthless vein matter, The product of the mine last week was but 90 tons of ore, owing to the great amount of deadwork being done. It is believed that with the proper manayement and facilities for rétiction, thy. output could be iuereased to, 400 tons per day. Phe tre contains five per cent of eapper and thirtystive per cent of suiphat. Some of it-is‘so impregnatTWere are two roastt sheds, one 1109 feet long on top of the-hill, aad “the other 500 feet long and situated on the side of the hill.'The forman used to. occupy a position ia the rayine, but the sulphurous smoke hung over-it so persistently as to kill all vegetation within a radius of half a mile or more, Now the fumes rise much more readily, and consequently less damages is dove to the foliage. The process of roasting the ore is very simple, “A layer of dry brush \ is. first placed upon the ground. Upon this the ore is loosely. stacked in piles ten feet high, fifty feet long, and 40 wide, being coated outside rock, roasting. ‘and leached, = wo! ed with as to prevent it from roasting, this portion, being thrown . out. ee Writ Denied ana Cake Disttiaseds . The petition for a writ of mandate to cause Justice of tho Peace Paynter to assume jurisdiction in. the ease of The City of Nevada vs. Bridg-’ et McCloskey, heretofore argued in the Saperior Court, came up’for decision yesterday, — Judge Caldwell being duly advised ordered that the petition be denied and cause be dismissed. —-——_ ews oon REAL VAL and Ball, On the-evening of February 22d a gtand festival and ball will be given at Cummings’ Hall, North Bloom-: field, the proceeds of which will be’ ‘devoted to the new Catholics church in that town. The'object is an es: pecially worthy one, and should reecive decided encouragement. Read the advertisement. 2 Blast at Bine Tent, At the Blue Tent hydraulic claim the other day a blast consisting of 1720 kegs of black powder was fir ed -off, doing splendid-work.— The main’ drift was about 125 feet, and the two ating of the T. were each about the. same length. “Phe bank was, We believe; ‘clode<to two hundred feet high. = Joseph was a scoffer anda “bad lot” generally, Meeting .an cer ofthe American Bible Society ¢ other day, he ehucklinghy asked: ‘Yon give out a good-many Bibles in the course of a year?” The . Officer said: ‘Yes, many.’ ‘And what.do you suppose comes very ‘close and experienced management 7h sierra County Notes. To-Sterra Valley forty-one inches of show has fallen thus far this wintér, Mere and There. DenisKearney strongly frvdes the} thew Chinese treaty. Eli Kianey, an old aidan’ of Shasta connty, committed suicide Eton. _The water that makes in the . Foteat City Lodge, A. 0. ee mine is‘atso-pumped— ont;—placed—in No, fod, has Uecidell'to have a bale ‘onthe eveuitrg of , ‘2881, Two Wuandred hen. ate employed mine, and -70 stamps ‘are pounding away day and night. Kwater to wash all the. time now. They have washed out the small. dump_and made a hole in the large one, The water will probably, hold . out long enough to clear that also, — Aman by the name of Joseph ‘Hole, a workman in the Batd Mountain mine, was seriously Lal red on Tuesday of last -week by~be=] ing-aught between two cars, He suffered @-compound fracture of the 5 Pee re of one of his legs. — The people's tawyer. ‘smole” a ‘he-old-Ba b ouitain Extension (Go. have:now ran some distance in blue gravel. The tugnel has. been . allia gravel for the past week. Several carloads Wwere-—washied last Tuesday and a prospect-obtained. © The gold is tight and scaley as would naturally be the case sd far above the bedrock as'the tunnel now The indications seem to be very favorable. At Howland Flat there is am average depth of three feet of snow, and abundance of water for the piping claims, all of which are in full blast. It is expected water witl be brought is. . ‘through thenew diteh and pipes down the St. Louis and ep the . Greenwood ridge, within & few . days. The Bonanza Co. are doing . handsomely. Out of eleven carloads of gravel last. week was realized mite ounces And seven penny weights & Co., Port Wine, are hydraulicing night and day, with fair prospects
‘of doing bette? than last year, lecture from written notes,. detract— Electric lights ate mot yet used__as auspicious “to implicate him, Rebinaiy g24, . %&enderground at the Sierra’ Buties) “The Balt Mt_Co,_ has" ‘plenty—of + near Millville on the ZOth. hardt in hissermons. ing of her, and had ‘cultivated ignorance respecting her. The Court of Claims have given judgment—to the heirs~ Admiral Dahigren, agains ted States, for $65,009, for use of his ‘patent and improvements i in we arb just developed is a description of the Rev. Adiel Sherwood, fifty-four him, and valled “A Gazetteer of the Staté of Georgia,” printed by W. Riley, No. 125 Church _ street, Charleston. eae! ‘There was ancther “‘battle on the Rappahannock” Saturday. — ‘Tt .was between Virginia~and Maryland’ oysterthea, The former opened up on the’ invaders with a howitzer, inflicting considerable. damage. The Marylanders repli¢d with~rifles &’nd revolvers, but finally hoisted~the white flag and: sailéd away. Monday ‘mérnipg ‘t was reported to the po'ice that on the preceding nightthree masked men had entered the South Chicago Iron Works, bound the janitor, Charles Brooks, and while one of them stood guard over him with a pisto', the others drilled a hole in the safe; blew open the combination, und bidding the . — watchinan a cheerfut—Good night,” left, taking $1,000 in $5 gold pieces and $150-in coin, “together with about $9,000 in bills done, up ‘old help Monday.~-The above facts are ‘given by Brooks, but the policeregard affair as and some things about the Talmadge, in a sermon Sunday, . .; denied ever having mentioned Bera. + He knew noth=]of rifling guns. = ae siip-wariuaifies of iieatare! Nicaragua Canat-scheme,~ by— “the . Hostetter’s Stomach Bitter werded asa houschold née coffee. experiofic e have proved ir tobe peri iable in those bases of emergency pe re. prompt and convenient: remedy is-den: a Constipation, dyspepsia, indigestiyn and ith. — cr overcome byt; or sale b¥ drtigvists and dealers tow apply for Hostetter’s Almanac for 1881, — rs isas Mah te . essity ‘OS gy Phe-reason of this is that i = aa “AT THE Nevada Fundy 12-inch Engine, ~from-San-F ra A cold abate yi vegterday. The City eh meeting last e Oscar Whit der fame, has him, a3 usual, Paeumouia Among the s and it is feare Alfred Berg in Grass Valle open a jewelr Elisha Ham ; land, was yes fore dudge-€ of John A. Ra as. Fhomas Jen _lund, has decl fore Judge acitizen of th home of the} Eugene Ra: a term in the’ for druokenn from Grass V noon by Cons ed up again f term this tim An effort. v the release fr Michael Cas] Hearne of M it nprisopmen ing rig consisting of 20x? “Ey. nent of the -subject--covers a good . near a coi value of $:%9: “Liberty . i savelnpesTemty~ for paying the . -gines; reels,-bob,and-boiler-46-inchesby 16 feet. 1 &inch Engine, 16-inch. stroke, with double hoist amd bob. Boiler, BGxt2> Tearty Rew. fe see far-as ascertained. Bouts. work is being done at Merristown,, but the’ frozen water seriously deters opera tions, A full head ‘sufficient for: two monitors, is fuaniag at Eureka, — Messenger.. —> 2 A Brulsé¢F Abroad. The Free Lance tells of a fellow. who backed up against a brick wall at Grass-Valley the other. day and after knocking stiff four or five burly. men who wanted to “put a head” on him, began-tolook around for another crowd to lick.Tae Free Lance claims it does not know his name, Some Men's Wives: Three men of &vealth meeting, in New York, the © conversation turned upon their wives. Fnstead of finding fault with women in general, and-their wives .in particular, each one obeyed the wise man’s advice, and ‘‘gave ‘honor’ unto his wife.” se “IT tell -you what it is,” said one of the men, ‘“‘they may siy what they please about the uselessness of modern women, but my wife has done her sbare in securing aur success in life. Everybody knows that her family was aristocratic, and exclu= tive, and a'l that, and when I married her she had never done a day’s work in her life; but when W. & Co, failed, and I had to commence ‘at the foot of the hill again, she dis= charged the servants, and chose out a neat little, cottage, and did her own housekeeping uptii I was better off again.” . And my wife,” said a second, ‘was an only daughter, caressed and more to-death; and everybody ssid, ‘Well, ifhe will marry a doll like that, he’ll make the greatest mistake of his life;’ but when I came home the first year of our marriage, ‘sick with a fever, she nursed me back . to health, and I never knew her to murmur because I thought we souldn’t afford avy better style or luxuries.” , gentlemen,” chimed in the third “I: married a smart, healthy, pretty girl, but she was a regular "plue-stocking. She adored have according’y cued him and his son. He told somewhat contradictory stories. His unrufitled clothing and unprepossessing appear-_} ance raised a doubt of his accuracy and integrity. Paddy Cavanaugh, a notorious character, wasa’so ‘@vested. == BORN. At Grass Valley, January 21, 1881; to Jas, -Keathley and wife, a daughter. At Grass Valley, a 23," 1831, to Al. Burrows and wife, a son, aE ATS CR ET sas _ DIED. # At Grass Valley, January 23, 1881, Eliza, infant danghter of” Win. and Harriet’ ah aged 1 year and1 month. FESTIVAL & BALL! WiLt BE GIV EN AT Cummings’ Hall, North Bloomfield, . ON THE NIGHT OF Tuesday, February 22, 1881, FOR THE BENEFIT oF THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THAT TOWN. Tiekets Delinquent § Sale Notice, “VENTENNIAL GRAVEL GOLD MINING Company. Location of principal place of business, Gold Hill, Story County, Nevada. Location: of works, Washington Township, Nevada County, California, Notice—There are’ delinquent upon the following described stock on account of Assessment (No.2 ) levied on the 20th day of November, 1880, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholdc=, as follows: S-inch Engine, 8x16, Reverst a8 with hoisting and’ pumping rig. Boiler 36. inches -by 12 feet. 1 Portable Engine, 8x16, and boiler. Hoisting and pumping gear hearly uew, _¥ 8-inch Engine, 8x16. 1 tubular boiler 40° inches by }6 feet. i 10-stamp mill, 750 pound stamps. 8-stamp mill, 850 pound stamps. Steam Pump, 10xl2cylinder. Wa ter cylinder 6x12, 3 6-inch Cornish Pumps, _ 2 8-inch Cornisit Pumps,1] Horn Panand Settler, 4 Michel Pans. 3 Knox Pans, 500 feet 6-inch column, in good orer. . fo: 325 fees 9inch column, nearly new. aX inches. 1 11-inch Little Giant, hand, 2 F.ue Boilers 36x20 a : 1 Flue Boiler 36x12 feet. and 35 feet diameter, complete, with shafting, pinions, gearing, ete. In good order, gap ron Cars, and a variety of Mining Implements, APPLY TO , G. G. ALLAN, Nevada Foundry, Spring St, NEVADA CITY, jad CHAMPAGNES. Complete Hoisting and" Ponto” —Hgt-of Janu }. money ina b Water gates from 3inches to 22_ seeond3 Overshot Water Wheels 26, 32 : Arpad Haraszthy & Co's 24 inch stroke, “fraudiag hi pwith heavy hoisting and pumping axienedk that 16+ a" Jar, 10-inch Eng sine, 20-inch’ stioke. The Reck: New. cents per sha Fa fra © has been res the'same amc ary.23d, .Th Hiformality a the 10th, yesterday, transaction’ w ewner shortly honest lad,» gave the coin has a clear ec A New Yo McKee Rank scenes of wa plains, in S: City on the’ ¢ the-San-thinks, is qu: the usual Eas guts City's . county, Calif a? Besigu THe follow elected teach Washington yesterday by wou: NEVADA To the Hon City Board~ appointment present state continuance « quently T resi Never ceas preciate théik in electing m now vacate, Yours AI Mrs. Kenn Miss’ Turner’ Inceting of t) new teacher “ssorely affl Wa A light 2-1 tale cheap.:F Furniture St Hay at ma jiS-lm At San Geo, TuFn assortment « ng rhich he iéwith a layer of tailings to keep the . of them?” Tennyson, doted -on Byron, read Ss, we Wo.. wae be-i6-s 4 be ’ N fe. BSha's. Am’t. recon ices i heat from escaping. The brush is They fal! intohands that need . Emerson, and named the first baby Baker 8 D umtin a8 S000 15 00. Ws oe tie gl conrsea beset, consis pat. them, I doubt not.” Ralph Waldo and the second Maud; . Baker § D Trustees oc = eh ss to ‘the. public generally. They ar wen ad Mec ignited, and the flames soon exteml. «ey » , Baker sa.. ob. shoe __. BAO Se Se pees 'gsegrey. : = ie ae Well,” said Joseph, producing a . but I'll tell you what.’tis,” and the oS i. 61 135 es oduced exactly asareall the high grid latest impre rough the whole pile, being fed . book with the look of a man who. speaker’s eyes grew suspiciously . Danchy H O Trustee, 64 1500 750 reneh Chaspagnes, See Oe Ql upon the su'phur ‘contained in the. would say, “Now I've got you,” . moist, “‘when we laid Jittle Matd‘\-Dauchy HO Trustee, 65 625 3k pansies voth ‘uemnee oho wi ‘ ng The roasting of a pile cdn$ ‘where do you suppose I got that?” . in her last bed at Auburn, my poor Rover Me Tetes, TF neo 41 spirits, nor flavored up in any se ananiiet bus ee oth stimes about four weelts time, and — man of Bibles couldu’t say. . wife had no. remembrances of neg: . nauchy HO Trustee, 92 100 e-os Pietone uy Sean ser yd wa the agen Si aty : Got itina rum shop. You gave . lect or stinted motherly care; “and . Dauchy H O Trustee, 93 e. 6 ae is ae Coffee¢ heat has to be regulated careful. it to a sailor and he soldit for a glass . the little dresses that still lie in the }Vuschy H OTrustee, 94 100 60 The Ect Extra Dry is a dry, dete rewd ly ; for if it were too intense, the ore . of rum!” : . locked drawer were all made by her . 4 O Teese! = = cate flav Vivacious Wine, eminen gatas would melt into’ “slag” instead of “Well,” said the other, “I am . own hands,”—Journal of, Commerce. . Dauchy H O Trustee, 97 “100 So bya Pacties wienet oe turks is ean bg After being — thoroughly awed <a dane — your hands, . a . herds (ilanted) 152614 66 $1, rihy igh Havored ine of the ‘tinal > atte Ee ose on Q rdance order ” "Ke roasted, the mass is placed in vats aeons it more.” ee = ¢ Taxepayers ot the Board of Directory made on the ord ae with te a, vi one fied” the” He ‘ Y 1880, shares of h a i often ai : with which are connected steam pipes Joseph doesn’t know as » he made Fhe County: Reconder is making reel of such stock ae may be comary will writes Geren. Me medium ary, full Good The solution obtained . ™¥h ofa point after all. Men ot Ge sold at public auction, ab theotice ct the} mrored tnd bodied Wine, and. highly” rit fare . —— sak Sealy up a list of unsatisfied mortgages, for Company, Bank of Gold Fill, Main street, . ed by all for these elezant quulitios. by the day is conveyed to the mill and run into THe bobtailed eae spends his . the purposes of assessment. Parties Gold Hill, Nevada,om Wednesday, the %3d day No true connvisseur can try these sup at th, * revolving wooden cytiiders ‘Where i A of February, 1881, at theheur of § o'clock, } or Champagnes withomt admirivg Ue®™. en 3 y ere it Fwhole existence in semnaniting. bis lack . having , mortgages on record that . r. x., ot mis any, to pay said delinqueit As ‘Mreets, MM is amalgamated. with scrap iren,— . of terminal facilities. should be satisfied are requested to . “ment thereon, together with costs of ad. . Richard Roberts, : a i scddeal “ae . : : ! verti and expenses of the sale. zG ste b ae _ eo sk rel foment As with « woman, so with a-horee. satisfy the same immediately, _= ae A. = Secsetenr. ~~ Sole Agent for Negade Cuz. Hotel o-hG . : whieh ia a fine power nent Mi, His bavk hair is his mane trouble, [jlS-lw. J, A. Rarr,Co, Recorder. ele Bi, Nevada, jaade' ~ Jononry 18th—Imo “=